Security in Central Africa: UN Committee Fights Threats

The 44th Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) is on course in Yaounde.

Experts are brainstorming on recommendations to make to ministers on ways and means of tackling threats to peace and security, as well as on the geopolitical situation in the Central African Sub-region. This is within the framework of the 44th Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) that started in Yaounde on May 29, 2017 to end on June 2, 2017.
The experts have to work for three days before the ministerial session. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Ambassador Tommo Monthe, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cameroon to the United Nations who is also chairing the experts meeting, said the session comes within the context of insecurity in the Central African sub-region. He cited the Boko Haram insurgencies in the Lake Chad region and maritime piracy. “We need to exchange views on all these insecurity situations before we bring it back to the UN during its forthcoming general assembly session.”  He said the hitherto conflict-torn Central African Republic was under recovery after long period of war and stated that the situation in that country will be a separate point in the agenda.
Members of UNSAC will during the Yaounde meeting specifically discuss issues related to political governance and the multiple factors that threaten peace and security ...